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Favorite holiday episodes: It's December 10th!
Christmas movies and specials are a big part of the holiday for me, as I suspect it is for many people. I also have some episodes of my...
Dec 8, 20212 min read
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Children's favorites: Emily and Anne
When someone gave me the awesome Christmas present of the Emily of New Moon trilogy, I didn't like it! I didn't like old-fashioned books....
Nov 21, 20214 min read
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Grateful for Reading
I try to be grateful all the time, but with Thanksgiving coming around, I'm thinking about it more than I usually do. When I started to...
Nov 12, 20212 min read
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Books for young'uns: The Dragonet Prophecy and Tales of the Hinterlands
Sutherland, Tui T- The Dragonet Prophecy Narrated by: Shannon McManus Albert, Melissa- Tales from the Hinterland I don't know if I've...
Nov 5, 20213 min read
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Scary books, fall 2021
Garcia Moreno, Silvia- Certain Dark Things Montell, William Lynwood- Tales of Kentucky Ghosts Strong, Anthony M- The Haunting of Willow...
Oct 27, 20213 min read
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Children's favorites: The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Speare, Elizabeth George- The Witch of Blackbird Pond I bought this book from a Scholastic book order in middle school, thinking that it...
Oct 23, 20211 min read
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Scary stories
A mix of two stories that you can read for free online, a print book, a story that you can listen to for free online, and two...
Oct 16, 20214 min read
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Alphabet reading challenge: Q and R
Quentin, Patrick- A Puzzle for Fools Rao, Mahesh- Polite Society A Puzzle for Fools: This is a release from the American Mystery...
Oct 10, 20212 min read
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Goodreads list challenge: August and September
Yang, Susie- White Ivy Mascarenhas, Kate- The Psychology of Time Travel McDermid, Val- Northanger Abbey Moreno-Garcia, Silvia- Velvet Was...
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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Just because reading
Because, ooh, that sounds good right now is reason enough to go off my reading challenges. I'm really beginning to wish that hadn't set...
Sep 19, 20213 min read
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